In re C.C. CA3

BACKGROUND

In December 2022, while driving on patrol, a Sacramento County deputy sheriff saw a black car. He checked the Department of Motor Vehicles database and learned that

1 the car had been reported stolen. The deputy followed the car while waiting for more deputies to arrive. He followed the car into an apartment complex, where it crashed into an electrical transformer box. Three people exited the car and ran away. The deputy saw C.C., who was then 17 years old, get out of the driver’s seat. About an hour later, deputies found that C.C. was inside one of the apartments in the complex, where neighbors reported he had run and yelled to be let in. The deputy issued C.C. a citation but did not take him into custody. In May 2023, the Sacramento County District Attorney’s office filed a petition pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, subdivision (a), alleging that C.C. came within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court because he had committed two criminal offenses: taking and driving a motor vehicle without consent and receiving stolen property.1 The juvenile court held a detention hearing, and C.C.’s counsel waived the reading of the petition and the advisement…